Device for twisting wire for making and mending wire and picket fences



(Model.)

- DEVIGB FOR TWISTING WIRE FOR MAKING AND MEN-DING WIRE AND PIGKET FENCES.

No. 342,960. Patented-June 1, 1886 WM II/V/M N. PETERS. Pha nnnnnn n nnnnnnn hi n nnn n a I'NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HAYNER AND JOSEPH P. OWENS, OF WVARREN COUNTY, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO FRANK A. BONE, OF LEBANON, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR TWISTING WIRE FOR MAKING AND MENDING WIRE AND PICKET FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,960, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filed February 1, 1886. Serial No.190,520. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES HAYNER and JOSEPH P. OWENS, of the county of \Varren and State of Ohio, have invent ed certain new and usefullmprovements in Devices for Twisting \Vire for Making and Mending XVire and Picket Fences,whieh improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and illustrate what we consider the best means of carrying our invention into practice.

Figure 1 is a side View of our improved device for making and mending wire and picket r 5 fences. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 00 a", passing through the center of A and through the pivot D. Fig. 3 is a view of the device in operation on a partly-completed fence,the tension being shown in position.

The sanie letters refer to similar parts in the different figures.

Our device consists of a ratchet-wheel, A, with a slot, E, extending from the edge to a point a little beyond the center, and with ribs 2 5 F near the outer edge. 011 each side of the ribs are fitted the clamps B, both sides of the device being constructed exactly the same as that shown in Fig. l of the drawings. A handle, 0, having atooth, 0, works between 0 the clamps B, which are held in place by a bolt or rivet, D. The tooth C of the handle 0 works into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and when the handle is pushed down the wheel is turned, and when it is raised the wheel re- 3 5. mains stationary.

The device is designed to work as follows: First, the wires are fastened to a post in pairs at one end, and the other ends are carried forward asuitable distance and passed through 0 a tension device (shown at J) which consists of alongitudinally-grooved post carrying tension blocks M, under which the wires are passed, and which are arranged to be forced into the groove by means of bolts and nuts Z.

4 5 The tension device is held in place by means of a cord or wire, N, secured to the post J, and passing around a fixed stake, 0. Beginning at the post G a picket is placed between the wires of each pair in a position two to six inches from the post, and the slot of the ratchet-wheel is passed over a pair of the wires between the post and picket, and the wheel is turned to twist the wires by forcing the handle downward,which causes the tooth or pawl G of the handle to engage with the ratchetwheel and rotate it. The handle is then raised, which frees the tooth or pawl from the ratchetwheel and slides the clamp B along the ribs F, the wheel remaining stationary during this movement. The handle is again depressed, the tc tooth of the handle engages'other teeth of the wheel and rotates it as before. This operation is continued until the wires have the desired twist. Then remove the wheel and place it on another pair of the wires and twist as before. \Vhen all the wires between the post and the first picket are twisted, place another picket in position and proceed as before, always twisting between the last picket and the one placed in position just preceding, as shown in Fig. 3. Continue 7c thus until the end of the fence is reached.

To mend a broken wire, takea piece of wire and place it around a picket on each side of the breach, and fasten the ends together. Then pass the slot of the wheel over the wires at the breach, and twist the same as for twisting in a picket, as has been described above.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of the ratchet-wheel A, having a slot, E, and the ribs F, with the clamps B, arranged to slide on the ribs, and the handle 0, having the tooth G, and pivoted between the clamps,and arranged to be thrown into and out of engagement with the ratchetwheel, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The ratchet-wheel A, having a slot, E, and ribs F, in combination with the clamps B, rivet or bolt D, and the handle 0, having a tooth, O, substantially as and for the purposes 9c herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. HAYNER. JOSEPH P. OWENS.

Witnesses:

FRANK A. BONE, ALF. B. CRAVER. 

